Categories: "BFMN Exclusive"
No Idea What It Means to Be Creative
06/28/10 03:31, by paul.bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: benzedrine monks, creative writing, divine inspiration, dreams, gregorian, music
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois
Be creative!?! I have no idea what that means, to be creative. It means nothing really. We just do something… write a song or a book or story or get up on stage and try to entertain. It’s all part of the… more »
Theory! We Don't Need No Stinking Theory!
06/21/10 01:59, by paul.bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: arpeggios, harmonica, keys, meditation, modes, music theory, rhythm, scales, zen
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois
This is actually Part II of Are Harmonica Players Real Musicians? but the above title is so much cooler. Every time Eric and I write a new song I am just bowled over by a “We did that!” feeling. The universe is an… more »
C Major Augmented Cash
06/18/10 17:42, by ed.lapple, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Ed Lapple, Take It From Me, Bands , Tags: band, bfmn exclusive, c note, ed lapple, gig, profit or loss, schedule c, tax deductible
Take It From Me
by Edward Lapple
My friends, I don’t usually play a musical instrument, but when I do, I play the bass guitar. I like that because I only have to play one note at a time. Chords scare me. I know a lot less about the circle of fifths… more »
Is the Harmonica Player Really a Musician? - Part 1
06/14/10 00:27, by paul.bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: bar fight, blues, harmonica, jazz, keys, music theory, musician, rhythm, schecter diamond series, the blue monsters
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois
Dan Grigor said he loved these articles because they were “a wonderful look into the mind of the working musician.” I don’t know about that, but it warms my wretched heart.
I’m a singer and a harmonica… more »
Rage Against the Machine Killing in the Name of Fan Support
06/11/10 00:38, by wakitu, Categories: Music News, Festivals and Events, BFMN Exclusive, Moonshayde Photography, Bands, Review, Featured Artist , Tags: gallows, gogol bordello, killing in the name, rage against the machine, roots manuva
Editor’s Note: BFMN UK Senior Staffer, Moonshayde Saunders, brought you exclusive photos of every band who performed during the free concert at Finsbury Park, London on 6 June 2010. We’ve set up separate pages in the BareFoot FotoBlog for… more »
Wild Tricks - Les Paul and Beyond
06/09/10 00:32, by ed.lapple, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Sound, Studio Sound, Ed Lapple, Take It From Me , Tags: bfmn exclusive, edward lapple, joe walsh, les paul, take it from me
Take It From Me
by Edward Lapple
Wild tricks in the recording studio are the stuff of legend. Musicians in the know will whisper about how the latest hottie got his sound. Ever since Les Paul invented the multi-track tape recorder, there have been… more »
The Sound of God
06/07/10 00:24, by paul.bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: carl sagan, chant, church, cosmos, gregorian, music, religion, universe
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois
Carl Sagan said on Cosmos that the Universe came into existence billions and billions of years ago. Hydrogen atoms were formed, gathered into stars where the heavy elements were created; those stars exploded and… more »